Pre events programme of the International Open Data Conference 

The global open data community continues to mature since the last International Open Data Conference was held in 2015 in the Canadian city of Ottawa. One year later, it’s time to continue to strengthen coordination between the different open data initiatives and projects in the world with the new edition of IODC to be held, in this occasion, in Madrid. In addition, in order to broaden the dialogue, include voices of experts in several fields and delve into specific themes, different events will take place in the days before the conference.

Thus, from 3^rd to 5^th October, the Spanish capital will host thirty meetings about open data which will become the warm-up to the big open data event. Thus, they have been organized in different spaces workshops and working groups to advance and share knowledge in areas such as open data standards, open science, open linguistic data or data innovation in developing countries.

In parallel, the official headquarters of the public company Red.es is the place chosen for the different sessions that will address over three days the use of open data in extractive industries in order to discuss strategies, practices, real cases, international challenges and solutions in the field.

In addition to the above activities, the program prior to IODC 2016 also includes relevant events for both international and national open data community. This is the case of the sixth edition of Encuentro Aporta that gathers, once again, open data experts in the country to foster openness and reuse of public sector information in Spain. Moreover, in view of the occasion, the Research Symposium or Open Cities Summit will be held, this last event will analyze how urban environments are deploying open data solutions and their positive impact of the same on the daily lives of their citizens.

October 4^th is the date chosen to celebrate in the IFEMA Convention Center the FINODEX Odine meeting which will analyze the results obtained in the different open data accelerators and incubators in Europe, showing the work of the start- ups participating in the initiative. In the same space and day, the CKAN Conference, aimed at developers, will bring participants the latest news from this open-source platform and explain how to implement the tool in any organization.

Finally, on Wednesday the 2016 Open Data Leaders Summit will bring together leaders of government open data initiatives to learn from each other, and discuss strategies for the successful implementation of open data programs at local, regional and national level.

Three days full of workshops, meetings, conferences and talks that anticipate an International Conference that, under the theme "Global goals, local impact" is expected to lay the foundations for the future of the open data movement in the world; thanks to the participation of experts, users, private companies, civil organizations and citizens who are committed to the openness of information as an engine for change.